The Craft & Hobby Association (CHA), the international trade association for the design, manufacture, distribution and sales of the craft and hobby industry, announced today winners of their prestigious “Hot 20 Awards” for the most creative crafting products of 2014. Chosen from the over 80 products submitted to the CHA 2014 New Products Showcase, the most innovative and “buzzworthy” products were selected by a panel of expert media judges, including:

The Hot 20 Awards will be given out at the CHA 2014 Conference & Trade Show http://www.craftandhobby.org/chashow, the world’s largest international crafting show, held January 10-14, 2014 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. CHA 2014 brings together the key players of the crafts and creative industry for four days, with retailers large and small, independent chains, and the leading innovations in crafting from over 400 exhibitors from around the world.

Hot 20 Awards 2014:

Beadlon Artistic Wire Findings FormsTM: patent pending fixed peg jigs that allow you to make your own findings from a range of gauges of Artistic Wire and Beadalon German Style Wire.

ImpressArt Soft Strike™ Metal Stamping Blanks: A collection of metal discs specially made for metal stamping making it easy for metal stampers to leave deep, clean impressions and achieve professional results.

Little B Perfect Positioner: a unique adhesive mat designed for any die-cutting tool platform and any thin metal dies -- never waste a piece of paper again.

Lumi Inkodye Black: a sunlight-activated fabric dye that allows you to print your own photos onto fabric -- now available in black.

Plaid Enterprises Mod Podge Mod Melter: a tool used to fill the Mod Molds with the Mod Melts. It allows the crafter to fill the molds with ease for molded embellishments, home décor, paper crafts and more.